What is the connection between the ancient prophets in China and the present fortune tellers?
Modern fortune tellers have a lower status than the great prophets of ancient times. Most of them are charlatans. They read the Book of Changes for almost a few days, and then began to "play tricks" and act as masters of philosophy and fortune telling. But are they really talented? Of course not. They may not even understand some basic concepts of Zhouyi. All they do is to make money and cheat money.
Unlike the great prophets in ancient times, modern fortune tellers generally lack a sense of social responsibility. Even if they have real skills, what they want is not how to repay the society and the country with their talents. What's more, they make money by their own ability, and even "spread rumors". In modern times, few people can match or surpass the ancient prophets!
Most ancient prophets also saw through the Book of Changes. From this point of view, prophets and modern fortune tellers naturally belong to the same clan, but ancient prophets are generally much bigger. They can act according to their own predictions and the best interests of the country, such as the great prophets Zhuge Liang and Liu Bowen. They all guided the situation, and then promoted the development of the whole China society!